50 mind-blowing facts about 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

By now you've probably already made up your mind about the Fifty Shades trilogy, but even if you refuse to watch the third upcoming movie because you just weren't a fan, there's still some cool and crazy facts behind the books and the films. From Jamie Dornan's whip skills (or lack therof) to Dornan and Johnson's intense pre-filming workout routines, ahead 50 crazy things you had no idea about Fifty Shades.

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E L James' original pen name was "Snowqueen's Icedragon"

She posted the trilogy under the name on Fanfiction.net in August 2009.

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She was "terrified" before the first film came out

"I’m terrified. Completely. I’ve been terrified from the moment I published the book," she told Entertainment Weeklyin 2013. "My mother was terrified of everything, and so am I. It’s a terrible way to grow up. You don’t expect this kind of success. Even now it floors me. My only ambition for the books was to see them in bookstores. This is huge. And there is this passionate fandom; we need to get this right for them."

J.K. Rowling also said she has no intention of ever reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

Her editor also made her promise she'd never touch it, perhaps fearful of contracting inner-goddess-itis.

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Johnson wasn't even sure if she wanted the role of Anastasia at first

"I wasn't very invested at first, just because I was a little scared of it. The material was intense, and I've never done anything like that before," she said. "But that just told me it was something I should do."

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'Fifty Shades of Grey' has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide

That's more than both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the Twilight series.

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Jamie Dornan wore a "penis pouch" while shooting

“As a guy you put all your essentials in a little bag and you tie it up like a little bag of grapes and it's tucked away," he said.

"I think there was a bit of rope burn," director Sam Taylor-Johnson said. "I'd have to remind Jamie to hold back with the prop."

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A first edition of 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles,' like the one Christian gives Ana, would cost a lot of money

And by a lot we mean $14,000 (about £10,000).

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Before the film's release, Johnson had to brace herself for the fame

“I think about my dwindling anonymity and that’s really scary because a very large part of me would be perfectly happy living on a ranch in Colorado and having babies and chickens and horses—which I will do anyway,” she said. But she knew she couldn't pass up the opportunity to become Anastasia Steele. “I wanted to be involved because it’s so different...and it’s an intense love story.”

Angelina Jolie was originally offered the gig as director, but turned it down

How amazing would thathave been?

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Oprah is an impatient 'Fifty Shades' reader

"I have downloaded all the novels, and for the first time, I can take some guilty pleasure and just read. But I'm thinking, 'Stop with the story, get to the juicy part,'" she said.

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Dornan had some "good chats" with an expert for his sex scenes

"He's a guru, and a dominant...I learned all sorts of tricks that will support me through my life." In fact, he visited a sex dungeon for research and observed a dominant “have some fun with his submissive.” He told British GQ it was "very playful and jovial and not at all dark and serious."

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